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Avid outdoorsmen can experience American Old West-style shooting and throwing competition at the Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders Mountain Man Rendezvous. The all-ages, Old West-themed event is sponsored by the Sierra Madre Muzzleloader Rifle Club, and runs July 26-28 in Encampment. The public is invited to all events and activities, and kids’ games take place during all three days. “I have seen little kids from 11 years old up to people in their 80s participate,” said Josh Saier, P...
The 2013 WHAT Fest music festival is ready to entertain in Riverside for the second time this Friday. According to the lineup list, the two-day free music festival features 37 performing artists from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana occupying two outdoor stages and an indoor acoustic stage this year. Some performers well-known to the Platte Valley include Jalan Crossland, J Shogren and the Shanghai’d, The Patti Fiasco and the Teka Brock B...
Three Wyoming-based artists will kick off the music season for The Yard Saturday night. The WYOmericana Caravan featuring Jalan Crossland, Screen Door Porch and JShogren Shanghai’d is the first of three concerts sponsored by Chris Shannon and ‘Toga Productions. Jalan Crossland, who was awarded the Wyoming Governor Arts Award in February, is a guitarist, banjo player and singer/songwriter from Ten Sleep, Wyo. Crossland’s style on stage is as relaxed as if he were playing on his front porch. JShogren Shanghai’d play origina...
Mike McGraw, a rancher and artist from Medicine Bow, shared his Doodle Land children’s literature creations at the final spring season HEM Literary Dinner May 21. McGraw shared his creations with members of HEM Junior/Senior High School and the local community, and was joined in presentation by Saratoga writer Joshua Wood. Students and parents listened to McGraw’s presentation involving background writing processes, including transitioning from doodle renderings to a complete story line, and moving into full color ill...
Saratoga and Encampment middle and high school students took the classic fairytale “The Princes and the Pea”, put their own twist on it and called it “The Pea Test: The Real Story of the Princess and the Pea”....
Saratoga middle and high school students put their musical talents on display May 14 at the spring concert....
Check out this video featuring highlights of the Encampment School play and a brief interview with the play's creators....
Platte Valley Kiwanis is ready to host its second regional Stars of Tomorrow event at 3 p.m., April 13 in Saratoga. Everyone is welcome to attend the event free of charge, which will take place at the Platte Valley Community Center. The event provides an opportunity for top high school performers from southeast Wyoming communities to showcase their performing abilities, according to the Kiwanis. Attendees can expect to see a vast variety of acts including vocal and instrumental performances, dancing, dramatic presentations...
The Saratoga Friends of the Library will sponsor a free presentation by John Farr at 7 p.m., April 18 at the Saratoga Library, (503 W. Elm St.) Farr’s presentation, “Kit Carson in the West,” tells the story of Kit Carson becoming a mountain man and fur trapper, and his influence on Wyoming. Farr is vice-president of the Grand Encampment Museum and former president of the Kit Carson Home and Museum in Taos, N.M. “Kit Carson in the West” is presented by the Wyoming Humanities Council as part of its Humanities Forum. The Wyomi...
Five of the top pool players in the world are competing this weekend at the sixth annual Wyoming Open in Saratoga. Rodney Morris, Raj Hundal, Charlie Williams, Shane Van Boening and Stevie Moore are signed up. Van Boening just won the U.S. Open and is ranked No. 1 in the United States. The team of Boening and Morris competed in the World Cup in the Philippines and are ranked No. 3 in the world. The team won the World Cup in 2008. The news of the Wyoming Open spread even wider...
Children should have a good Saturday with the Easter Bunny visiting three different locations in the Platte Valley. The Easter Bunny and his helpers will be at two places at once at 10 a.m., Grades preschool through sixth grade will have a chance to hunt eggs at the Rick Martin Memorial Park in Riverside. The Encampment/Riverside Volunteer Fire Department is hosting the hunt. In Saratoga, children in kindergarten and younger will hunt at 10 a.m., at the Saratoga Resort & Spa. The Xi Alpha Kappa Beta Sigma Phi Sorority has...
Brush Creek Presents will have eight artists share their works from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the Grand Encampment Opera House. Five visual artists, two composers and a writer are artists in residence at Brush Creek Ranch this month. This is the first Brush Creek Presents without coordinator Katie Christensen, who has moved to Laramie and is working for the Wyoming Arts Council in Cheyenne. Beth Nelson is the interim director. Artists presenting include: • Anthony Heinz May, a sculptor who has created site-specific i...
The Platte Valley Community Center is bringing Saratoga its second free film festival Saturday. “I wanted to bring something to the Valley that we did not have, especially a larger event during the winter months,” said Stephanie Vines, executive director of the Platte Valley Community Center. This year’s film festival, the Wyoming Filmmaker’s Showcase, will start at 7 p.m. at the Platte Valley Community Center Theater and is completely free to whomever wants to come, Vines s...
Photo courtesy of Debbie Gates Saratoga High School senior Ben Gates receives his four-year certificate at the All-State Band concert in Gillette Jan. 22....
Band and choir students from Saratoga, Encampment and Hanna -Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) high schools combined forces last month to perform in an all-school concert. The band and choir each performed three songs. The teachers from the schools each took turns directing the band and choir. HEM’s music teacher Kit Felton told the audience it was nice to work together as a group instead of competing in sports and she hoped this would become an annual tradit...
Encampment freshman KeeGan Johnson is preparing for a trip overseas this summer. He will be traveling with the 228 adult and student members of the Wyoming Ambassadors of Music. The group will visit seven countries in 15 days. Johnson was nominated by his music teacher, Kara Sandlian. “I nominated everyone who was eligible,” Sandlian said. Johnson was the only student to be accepted and is the first of Sandlian’s students to be in the Ambassadors of Music program. Johns...
Once a year, trackside betting is legal in Saratoga, thanks to the Saratoga Lions Club and the Chariot Races. Race fans and bettors line up along the track at Buck Springs Arena to cheer on their favorite team. The quarter-mile track is filled with up to six horses pulling three drivers. Steam rises from the noses of the horses as it meets the cold February air. The four-legged athletes shine with sweat as they compete to cross the finish line. Between races the action takes...
Ron Garretson ran the cutter races for 30 years and Garretson knows that not only does the driver of the team need to be on top of their game on race day, but the team of horses has to be ready to run as well. According to Garretson, the type of horses a team runs depends on how serious the team takes the racing. The horses are the factor on how a team does at the races, and if a team is serious about competing they can spend a lot of money on horses. If a team wants to just...
The 33rd Annual Donald E. Erickson Memorial Chariot Races will be held in Saratoga Feb. 15, 16 and 17. The first races will begin on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Buck Springs Arena northeast of Saratoga. Sunday’s post time is 11 a.m. An award ceremony, based on combined times will follow the Sunday races. The races feature chariot teams from all over Wyoming as well as surrounding states. The two-horse teams pull a single driver in drag racing fashion, three teams at a time. C...
The annual Donald E. Erickson Memorial races have been a successful fundraiser for the Saratoga Lions Club, president Gary Widemshek said. The money from the fundraiser is basically used for high school scholarships and vision and eyeglass needs for those who need help. “Money is raised through sponsorships, the Calcuttas and gate admission fees,” Widemshek said. For the last 30 days, the Lions Club has been working to prepare for the Chariot Races, but the week before is the...
Music teacher John Steinhardt and his two elementary school bands from Medicine Bow and Elk Mountain put some rock and roll into the Jan. 21 Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Directors meeting. Steinhardt said CCSD#2 Superintendent Bob Gates came up with the idea and Steinhardt and his students ran with it. I thought it was a good way for us to showcase (the students) and their achievements, Gates said. The Saratoga and Encampment choirs sang at the December CCSD#2...
Brush Creek Presents will be featuring seven artists Friday night at the Platte Valley Community Center. The program is a free and informal monthly outreach program which features visual presentations, readings and music by current artists-in-residence at Brush Creek Ranch. Friday, the presenters are four visual artists, two writers, one composer and the current director of the Brush Creek artists-in-residence program, Katie Christensen, who is also a visual artist. Stacey Steers, of Boulder, Colo., will present her...
Treasure Hunt First place – Bill and Maureen Zeiger and Rick Allen Second place – Maggie Kelley, Alyson Sneddon, Randy Lambert, Heather Sneddon, and Dana Ehnle Third place – Sandy, Rick, Mary and Joy Martin and Vicki Loftice Kids Sledding Pre-school - Kindergarten First place – Kasson Soderburg 13.4 seconds Second place – Beck Geisick 14.5 seconds Third place – Ashten Hubbs 16.1 seconds First – Second Grade First place - Conner Buford 13.4 seconds Second place - Trenten Hubbs 15.6 seconds Third place - ace Geisick 25.1...
The Sierra Madre Winter Carnival in Encampment has slalomed through some changes over its more than 25 years in existence. This year, the carnival will have a winter feel thanks to snowfall in December and a proactive public works department in Encampment that helped preserve the snow by piling it early on. The carnival kicks off Friday night with a treasure hunt starting at the Opera House at 6 p.m. and ending there with a roast beef dinner afterwards. Kid’s sledding, the e...
